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Digital Caveman:
Hello All,
I've been shadowing here for a while now.  I am wrapping up my first bow in a while, and for some reason the bottom limb is stiffer, but also noticeably thinner.  The wood is a very clean straight hickory stave.  Any thoughts?  I don't want to thin the lower limb any more until I know what is happening, it could go back out of tiller in a bad way.  The top limb is 1 9/16 inches wide, and the bottom is 1 5/8, but that can't be enough to cause this much difference in thickness.  More photos later.  There is maybe 15 degrees twist between the limbs.

mmattockx:
Are the limbs the same length? You are pulling on the string near the center?


Mark

George Tsoukalas:
Flip the bow around and check the tiller from the other side. Prop twists can be deceiving.

If one of my limbs gets too thin it means it was too wide so I begin to narrow it and  check tiller frequently.

Jawge

RyanY:
In some cases I’ve had staves that didn’t want to bend even with excessive wood removal. Eventually they do and it ends up hinging. Leave it strung for a while, exercise it a lot, shoot it. Give it some time to make sure the wood adjusts to the wood removal.

superdav95:
I second what Ryan said.  I’ve had some do the same.  Question have you heat treated this bow.?  I’ve also had it where my heat treatment was little uneven and caused a stiffer limb.  Just a thought.  Best of luck on your build. 

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